elysium
Arachnosquire
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- Nov 7, 2015
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I am looking to get some custom acrylic enclosures made for my tarantulas from a local acrylic shop. The idea is to have something built that is similar to Jamie's enclosures in design (link below).
https://jamiestarantulas.com/image/cache/catalog/adult cage only 071-600x345.jpg
I have a few tarantulas that will go into these enclosures, some terrestrial, some arboreal, some are ready to go in there permanently, and some still have some growing to do. The idea is to have all of the enclosures be exactly the same measurements, the orientation will depend if a terrestrial or arboreal T is going in. I intend to line them all up in an orderly fashion for display purposes. The adult female specimens that will potentially go into them are:
A. sp Amazonica
A. purpurea
A. versicolor
B. smithi
C. cyaneopubescense
M. balfouri
P. metallica
What measurements will be adequate for all of these species to be housed comfortably? I don't want the enclosures to be bigger than they have to be, but at the same time I don't won't them to be cramped for space. The most common measurements I have seen are 8x8x14, though I feel like that might be a tad small for some of them. At the same time 10x10x14 may be too large?
What are your opinions? Any thoughts on the thickness of the acrylic would be welcome as well.
Thanks!
https://jamiestarantulas.com/image/cache/catalog/adult cage only 071-600x345.jpg
I have a few tarantulas that will go into these enclosures, some terrestrial, some arboreal, some are ready to go in there permanently, and some still have some growing to do. The idea is to have all of the enclosures be exactly the same measurements, the orientation will depend if a terrestrial or arboreal T is going in. I intend to line them all up in an orderly fashion for display purposes. The adult female specimens that will potentially go into them are:
A. sp Amazonica
A. purpurea
A. versicolor
B. smithi
C. cyaneopubescense
M. balfouri
P. metallica
What measurements will be adequate for all of these species to be housed comfortably? I don't want the enclosures to be bigger than they have to be, but at the same time I don't won't them to be cramped for space. The most common measurements I have seen are 8x8x14, though I feel like that might be a tad small for some of them. At the same time 10x10x14 may be too large?
What are your opinions? Any thoughts on the thickness of the acrylic would be welcome as well.
Thanks!